A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Cnawlechunge], sb. acknowledgment, S.

[ Cnelinng], sb. kneeling, S.

[ Cneowe], sb. dat. knee, S; see [Kne].

[ Cniht], sb. knight, S; see [Kniȝt].

[ Cnotted], pp. knotted, S; i-knotted, S; see [Knotte].

[ Cnouwe], sb. dat. knee, S; see [Kne].

[ Cnowen], v. to know, S; pp., S2; see [Knowen].

[ Co-arten], v. to compel, constrain, HD; coarted, pp., S3.—Lat. co-arctare, to constrain, compress.

[ Cocatrice], sb. a serpent (= Lat. basiliscus = Heb. pethen, an adder or cobra), W2; cocatryse, basiliscus, cocodrillus, Prompt.; kokatrice, MD; cockatrice, WW.—OF. cocatriz, crocodile: Sp. cocadriz, basilisk, cocatrice (Minsheu). Cp. Cokedrill.

[ Cocke], sb. in phr.: by cocke (a profane oath), S3, ND; by cock, Sh.; Cock’s passion, Sh.; Cox my passion, Sh.; by cock and pie, Sh., ND, SkD (s.v. pie); for cokkes bones, C3; for cocks body, ‘de par Dieu,’ Palsg.—Cp. Grimm, p. 15 (n.).